🇵🇹 Portuguese

masculine

o

foot

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/u ˈpɛ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pé in Portuguese?

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/u ˈpɛ/

How do you pronounce pé in Portuguese?

pé is pronounced /u ˈpɛ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O pé esquerdo está inchado e doloroso.

The left foot is swollen and painful.

Meu pé direito é maior do que o outro.

My right foot is bigger than the other one.

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Why is it masculine?

Pé (foot) is masculine because it descends from Latin "pēs" (masculine). In Portuguese, most masculine nouns ending in -é come from Latin masculine nouns, and Portuguese retained the masculine gender from the Latin source word despite the sound changes that transformed the Latin ending.

What is the Portuguese word for foot?

The Portuguese word for foot is o pé — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpiedlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishpieelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianpiedeilmasculine

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